Journal article
Assessing the Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission via Surgical Electrocautery Plume
Abstract
This quality improvement study used a nonhuman subject research approach to examine whether SARS-CoV-2 from aerosolized virus is present in and potentially transmissible from a electrocautery plume in surgery.
Authors
Sowerby LJ; Nichols AC; Gibson R; Sommer DD; Moore C; Fraser DD; Arts E
Journal
JAMA Surgery, Vol. 156, No. 9, pp. 883–885
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
Publication Date
September 1, 2021
DOI
10.1001/jamasurg.2021.2591
ISSN
2168-6254